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Europe clears J&J's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine as roll-out falters

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Confirms Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Receives Positive CHMP Opinion

March 11, 2021 8:21 AM EST

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a Positive Opinion to recommend the Conditional Marketing Authorization (CMA) for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen), to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older.

Data from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE study showed that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was well tolerated and demonstrated a 67 percent reduction in symptomatic COVID-19 disease in participants who received the vaccine... More